Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1932, Page 5

BOSTON RELEASES KIDNAP SUSPECTS Men Held for Day After Ef- fort to Telephone Col. Lindbergh’s Home. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 9.—An unemployved shoe worker and a truck driver, each with good intentions, spent an uncom- fortable day at police headquarters yesterday while police investigated the worth of their knowledge of the Lind- bergh kidnaping case. The unemployed shoemaker, Earle Edwards, of Derry, N. H, placed too much faith in a fortune-telling friend and the truck driver, Samuel Black of Lawrence, too much faith in his newly 'made acquaintance, the shoemaker. At the end of thorough investigation they were permitted to go home. Edwards started out from his home in search of work in Boston. As he had no money for train fare, he hitch- hiked. At Lawrence, Black volunteered o give him a ride in his automobile ruck. The conversation turned to the indbergh case and Edwards told of Charles Boulanger, a friend in Haver- hill, who had told his fortune and had also said the missing Lindbergh child was being held captive by an aged cou- ple 8 miles from his home at Hopewell, . J., and the motive for the crime was venge. Considered Reward. The pair agreed that any information of value should be transmitted to Col. jand Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. Ed- 'wards said he would do it if he could spare the money. Black said he could finance a telephone call to Hopewell, and it was agreed that if their efforts brought results and a reward was given it was to be divided between them. At the North Station, in Boston, Ed- 'wards went into a telephone booth and Black waited outside. Edwards put through a call for the Lindbergh home. "That brought action. The telephone loperator notified the Boston & Maine police, & man in the adjoining booth dashed into the street and told a Boston [police sergeant. The sergeant sum- ‘moned every policeman in the vicinity and city and railroad policemen de- scended on the telephone booth. Edwards had just been connected with the Lindbergh home and had asked for the colonel when the connection was broken. He then saw the approaching forces of the law. He hung up and started to leave the booth, but both he and Black were swamped by officers. Woman Brought In. ‘They were held at police headquar- ters for several house while Deputy Supt. James McDevitt checked their stories. Late in the day they were re- leased when McDevitt became convinced their efforts were sincere. While they were being held a woman was brought in. She had tried to send & telegram to the Lindberghs telling . It had been found in the mails and directed the parents of the missing child to search the Morrow estate in Mexico Zor the baby. ‘While the police were holding the two men {n Boston the Haverhill authorities detained Boulanger, whom they de- scribed as a distant relative of Edwards and an teur fortune teller. After, police said, Boulanger had related to them the details of a vivid dream in which he said he saw the kidnapers gllce 8 ladder against the Lindbergh ome and perform the abduction they released him immediately ‘without com- ment. BABY IS DECLARED IN MOUNTAIN CABIN Flyer Told to Come Alone for Child Said to Be Without Any Food. By the Assoclated Press. ELKINS, W. Va., March 9—Instruc- Elkins for the Lindbergh baby today sent State police on a search of moun- tain cabins. The aviator, George Haines, of 411 Central avenue, Cumberland, Md., told | police at Cumberland that a mud-spat- tered automobile drew up to the curd as he left his home late yesterday and @ man handed him an envelope. In the envelope was a message print- d éaggedly on a road map. The note ai “Fly 32 miles south of Elkins, W. Va. [Lindbergh baby in log cabin. Come lore. Out of food.” Haines said that, as near as he could €ll, two men were in the automobile. Mud covered the license plates. He an into the city and turned the note ver to Patrolman Charles C, Roby. e police took Haincs o District At- torney William A. Huster and ques- loning by Husier failed to shake the man'’s story. Huster communicated with Elkins officers and the search was star ed in te vicinity of Mingo and Valley risad. t is a wild, mountainous country, 'where Te is no telegraph ang little telephone service. Residents of Elkins said they saw a strange automobile driving terday in Beverly road toward the mountains. Later a muddy car was reported re- turning at Mill Creek, along the road. It is a district little frequented in Win- er by othe than residents CAPITAL BOY MISTAKEN FOR LINDBERGH CHILD [Bright Curls and Blue Eyes Bring | Call, but Police Establish Iden- tity of Robert Sandler. Bomewhat discouraged after many false alarms. but still determined to run down every possible clue to the whereabouts of the kidnaped Lindbergh | to | baby, headquarters detectives went the Alban Towers Apartment last night xpioded a rumor that the missing child had been “spotted” in an apart- ment there Young Robert Earl Sandler, being lonly a year old, big for his age, aken for Charles A. Lindbergh, erday when his mother took for a walk. Some one saw 1d child return to their apart- notified police because Rob- bright curls and blue eyes a resemblance to young Lind- bergh's Detective Sergt. T. E. Bragg was one of the detectives who responded and recognized a friend in Max M. Sandler, Robert Earl's father, who opened the door for the police party. The error was quickly explained =nd the detec- tives marked their trip up as just an other wild goose chase. 6,128,000 GERMANS IDLE Enormous Total Shows 1,000 In- crease in Two Weeks. BERLIN, March 9 (#).—Germany's unemployed on February 29 totaled 6,- 128,000, an increase of 1,000 in two weeks. Adam Stegerwald, the minister of labor, is studying a plan to provide! ~-time jobs for 600.000 men by cut- ting the time of shifts in the mines and by extending the public improvement SrogTam. of Hopewell, N. J., are closely checked Police Answ By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J., March 9.—Progress was claimed in the Lindbergh case dur- ing last night as police continued their formal replies to questions sent them by the press. Questions and their answers at the 9 o'clock conference were as follows: 1. Have the State police obtained fingerprints of the Lindbergh baby and can we obtain fascimiles? A. No answer. 2. Do the facts at your command indicate that the kidnapers arrived in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home in 8 small closed truck similar to a bak- erv wagon or does the information you have indicate a passenger car? A. There is no positive proof of either of these facts available soli deposits on the end that would be against the house indicated that the ladder came from the vicinity of Hope- well? Did that examination give any indication as to the geographic origin of the ladder? A. The ladder was found lying on the ground in soft dirt. No. 14, Do the footprints show that one o before mounting the ladder? Did that kidnaper replace his shoes before leav- ing the immediate vicinity of the Lind- bergh home? Were the footprints clear enough to indicate what type of shoes were worn and what were these types? A. No. Prints not clear. Decline to Answer. 5. Exactly what routine will be fol- Jowed by police and Col. Lindbergh in informing the press of the recovery or ;etun; o!rhthe b:hy v«?r any olther vital €Ws in the case? ill you please havi Col Lindbergh confirm thsp ¥ A. No answer. 6. Have police any comments to make 2;1 :nl,i ph-se;:r the him or any details ell us about which we Ve s e have not . What is the exact location of the Jackson-White colony in the vicinity of Hopewell? A. Know of none. 8. Is the ladder similar to those used by public service companies or whoever erected the high tension line> A. No. See pictures of the ladder as Ppublished. 9. The lumber used in the construc- identified by Squire Johnson, assistant State architect, as having come from lumber left from a construction job at Skillman Village of Epileptics; are you ployes, and what are the results of the investigation so far? A. This investigation not completed as yet. 10. Have the kidnapers made a con- dition of return of the child an end of newspaper publicity? A. No answer. 11. Have police checked thoroughly Haimu Hattu's actions at the time of the kidnaping, or have they simply used him to check Johnson's alibi? A. Refer to Newark police. Entered U. S. as Married. 12. Is there any thought that the kidnaping was engineered as a means of helping Capone? A. No answer. 13. The United States immigration records at Washington show that Betty Gow, the Lindbergh nursemaid, en- tered the United States as the wife of one David Gow; do police still believe after their investigation of her that she is unmarried or was ever married? A. Yes 14. What is Betty Gow's real name? On what date did she enter the United States and under what name? Are her parents living? What are their names? Where do they live? A. Betty Gow. Mother living and remarried, Scotland. 15. Was Benjamin Schwartz of New York questioned by police at any time | during the investigation? What was |the purpose of the questioning and | what did it reveal? A. No. 16. When will Col. Schwarzkopf (su- perintendent of State police) meet the press for an interview? Nearly all the papers have requested this and the editors want to know why he will not meet us. This question is asked with all due recognition of his exacting duties under the present circumstances. A. As soon as time permits. | Progress Reported. 17. Why have the police sent for John Norman Brett of Niagara Falls? A Have not sent for him 18. a reward equal to the amount of the ransom asked for the safe return of the child to eliminate possibility of prose- cution of any one returning the child? | A. No answer. | 19.1s it true that a note has been Teceived saying that the Lindbergh baby is in New York City? If so, please give | us complete details, or details of any | other communication received from the ‘kldnnpm’« Gow A No answer 20.1s it true thet Betty | illegally, with respect to the immigra- tion laws, in the United States? If so, bas this any bearing on the present investigation? No_knowledge. 21. What are the latest developments |in the police investigation? What are {the latest developments in Col. Lind- bergh's private separate investigation? A Progress. 22. Did an automobile occupied by several Negroes enter the Lindbergh es- tate today? If so, were the occupants men or women? Did they give any in- formation that might implicate the kidnapers of Nell Donnely of Kansas City in the present crime? A A colored man from Kansas City desired interview with Col. Lindbergh on basis of letter of intgpduction he obtained last Saturday. but®which actu- 3. Has the experts' or chemists’ ex- | amination of the ladder as to possible | the kidnapers removed his shoes | tion of the kidnaping ladder has been | still questioning Skillman Village em- | Why does Col. Lindbergh not offer | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C Police have never relaxed their efforts to bring about a solution in the kid- naping of the Lindberghs' baby boy. All automobiles operating in the vicinity New Jersey State troopers are shown here questioning a motorist at the entrance to the Lindbergh estate.—A. P. Photo. er Questions Investigators Say Progress Has Been Made in Kidnaping Case—No Details of Developments Revealed. jruary. He had no information to offer and the interview was denied. The midnight conference with Maj. Schoeffel proceeded as follows: | "1 What is the status of Henry John- son? Is he still being questioned at | Newark police headquarters? | A.Still being held at | police_headquarters, | 2. Please amplify police statement that progress is being made in the in- | vestigation. Does that statement per- |tain to he police invesigation or Col. | Lindbergh's investigation or both? Is | today the first time police feel progress has been made? A. Police investigation. 3. Has Col. Schwartzkoff ordered a search of all vacant cottages along the Jersey shore”? If so, does it mean that the State troopers will break into the unoccupied cottages? A. Members of this department and other police departments have been re- quested to search all vacant houses in their area. 3 4. Were ladders Mmilar to the one found on the Lindbergh estate used by workmen at Skillman (State Home for | Epileptics) ? A. Investigator assigned to this detail has not returned 5. Some experts on wood have been quoted as saying that material used in the construction of the ladder could not be used for building purposes. Has that been inquired into? A. Yes. 6. The day following the kidnaping Maj. &.hoeflel was quoted as saying that a box was found under the baby's window. Was that a box or a cedar chest? A. The quotation referred to above is incorrect. Neitber, but part of the furniture, a small cabinet. 7. Runors are current that police officials are to abandon their headquar- ters at the Lindbergh home and return to Trenton. Is that a fact? A. No change anticipated so far as known. Newark No New Developments. 8 Has a chemical analysis of the earth on one end of the ladder been made? What does this analysis show? A. No answer. 9. What are the latest developments in the police investigation? Anything further since the last press conference? A. No new developments since last statements. 10. From the workmanship of the | ladder, does it appear as though it were made by two men? A. We do not know. 11. Have any clues developed that lead the investigators to believe a Jap- | anese might have participated in the kidnaping? A. No. 12. Did a trooper, on the night of | the kidnaping, hand to Maj. Schoeffel | note that was contained in a blue envelope? Did the major have a blue envelope in his possession that night? | If so. were the paper and envelope | scented? ¥ | A No | 13. Are the police up against a stone | wall iIn their investigation? If they | have any clues, do they think they will | be productive? A. No comment at this time. | 14. Why is Tony Meslo being held in New Haven? Have New Jersey offi- | cers been informed of his detention? Are New Jersey officers going to ques- | tion him> A We have not been informed of his detention 15 Answering tne question concern- ing Haimu Mattu, the Japanese, sub- | mitted at the 8 pm. conference, the ‘refer to Newark police.” No. answer was | Why was this suggested, when, accord- ;ing to Deputy Chief of Police Brex of Newark. no question directly or indi- rectly relating to the detention of | Johnson or to the Lindbergh case gen- | erally is to be answered by any one but | ol Schwartkopf or his representa- tives? In your opinion should this be answered the State police or the Newark police? A. Chief Brex has not reported re- sults of the questioning of Johnson: ‘mere!am the matter was referred to | him. |, 16. How long may a suspect be de- | tained by New Jersey police without | charges being preferred? If the answer is “three days" as explained by a Newark police official yesterday, why is Johnson still being held, even though the investigation into his statement bas | not been completed? | A. No answer. OHIO KIDNAP TRIAL IS SET FOR MONDAY Two Men Face Life in Prison for | Abduction of 11-Year-0ld Schoolboy. By the Associated Press WARREN, Ohin, March 9 —Trial of | Dowell Hargraves, 31, and John De- | marco. 30, charged with kidnaping | 11-year-old James Dejute of Niles, to- day was set for next Monday. The trial had been tentatively sched- uled fcr tomorrow. Since the indict- ment charges kidnaping with intent to} | extort, both men will face possible life sentences if convicted Department of Justice agents and police today were seeking to determine who leased the house, an alleged formen | gambling place, where the Dejute boy was ‘;iund Saturday with Hargraves and ‘marco. A third suspect also is still hunted Legion Auxiliary to Meet. HYATTSVILLE. Md., March 9 (Spe- cial).—The Ladies' Auxiliary of Snyder- lnm\er Post. No. 3, American Legion, will meet tomorrow night in the Legion ally was dated the early part of Feb- club rooms. LINDBERGH BABY'S FINDING IS DENIED Boston Mayor Said Kid- napers Demanded 72 Hours to Escape. (Continued From First Page.) municado at Newark police headquar- ters, it was learned. Further than admitting this, police declined to comment on this angle of the case. In reply to a question as to whether Johnson was submitting volun- arily to questioning, police answered “all information must come from Hope- well." Johnson was brought here Sunday after he was spirited away from Hart- ford, Conn. late Saturday afternoon. He was picked up in West Hartford Pri- day when it was found his automobile— a green coupe—Tesembled one reported seen near the Lindbergh home the t of the kidnaping. mgvto;n:t the progress reported earlier had becn remains a secret of the in- vestigators. Has there been some valuable clue come from the long days of questioning Johnson? The police would not say. Have Spitale and Bitz, the New York gangmen named by Col. Lindbergh him- self as go-betweens to deal with the kidnapers. been able to contact the baby-snatchers? “We know nothing about Spitale and Bitz,” the State police reply. Has some telephoned or written communication to the flyer himself been of such a nature as to lead police to hope that the baby soon may be re- stored to_his parents? The police were not to be drawn into explanations. Their only answer was: FProgress.” ‘The Trenton and Hopewell sectors were without outward developments. In the face of whisperings that something of great moment might take place du ing the night, the Lindbergh house- hold retired shortly after midnight. No lights showed in the house on the hill the rest of the night. Trooper Force Is Cut. There were some indications that Gov. Moore was putting into effect his suggestion that the way for the return of the baby be made easy. The force | of troopers stationed at the Lindbergh estate was cut from 25 to 10. Arrange- ments wer: made by which at a mo- ment's notice the remalning troopers can be sent away. More sensational reports—such a case cannot escape sensationalism with | the demand for facts so insistent and the authorized sources of such facts so meager—were heard today, mentioning | Al Capone and seeking to show & pos- sible connection with the affair. One such report, denied by police, was that a theory had been propounded that the return of the Lindbergh baby was con- tingent upon a dicker by which Capone would be freed from the prison sentence that hangs over him for income tax law evasion. The story was as foundationless as hundreds of others, which have made every conceivable suggestion concerning the kidnaping. Capone’'s only statement from his jail cell in Chicago has been the offer of a $10,000 reward for the child’s return #» bis parents. Police Deny Friction. There were denials by the police of any friction with the Lindberghs be- cause of the manner in which the search has been carried on. It was emphasized that first word of the ab- duction was telephoned by Col. Lind- bergh himself to the State police, and that he turned the investigation over to them at once. The 1¢ der found near the Lindbergh home an | presumed to have been used by the kidnapers in reaching the second floor nursery was looked upon with new interest today as police intimated they were narrowing their search for the persons who purchased the lumber used in it. The lumber was identified as having been some left over from the building of an addition to an institute for epileptics not far from the Lind- bergh estate. It is presumed to have been sold to persons living in this vicinity. PLOT DISCUSSION PROBED. Woman Says She Heard Three Plan| Crime 10 Months Ago. NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 8 (#).— Two men with whom Tony Meslo, 43, is said to have discussed some plan involv- ing the Lindbergh baby were sought to- day by State police. Meslo, held in the county jail in de- | fault of $25000 bonds, was arrested after Mrs. Victoria Burba of Colchester | described a conversation between him | and two unidentified men which she said she overheard 10 months ago. Meslo, she told police, offered to finance the plan and a suggestion was made that one of the trio get a job at the Hopewell, N. J., estate of the Lindberghs, then under construction, | or find work in the vicinity. | Mrs. Burba said the conversation | occurred in a restaurant which she was then operating in New Haven. She was questioned at the office of State's Attorney Samuel E. Hoyt for two hours last night, after being brought here by State police from her Colchester farm, Meslo was present during the ination. police. to discuss what S dEClllh'::g de in their ques: rogress they made 5= &nmg of Meslo. They reported, how- ever, that he had refused to tell them whether he ever had worked in New e o, a contractor, 1s being held on a technical charge of idleness. FLYER'S MOTHER IS SILENT. Mrs. Lindbergh Continues Teaching De- spite Negotiation Rumors. DETROIT, March 9 () —Mrs. Evan- geline Lodge Lindbergh, mother of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, continued to meet her classes in chemistry at Cass Tech- nical High School today, declining to comment on reports circulated here that negotiations for the return of the DENTISTRY In All Eanches LOWER . PRICES EASIER TERMS FREE DENTAL X-RAYS 4 RESTORING LOST TEETH During the many years of my dental practice I have developed a successful technique for re- storing lost teeth. I invite you to take advantage of this service. 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There were no guards about Mrs. Lindbergh's home in Grosse Pointe | Park, however, and both the fiyer's mother and Land refused to permit newspaper interviews, leading to the belfef they were holding the way open for any communication with the kid- napers that might be attempted. SECOND PEGGY JOYCE HUSBAND ARRESTED S. Philbrick Hopkins Charged With False Pretenses in Check Inqui: 8. Philbrick Hopkins, second husband of Peggy Hopkins Joyce, and one of the two whose names she retained in preference to the sobriquets of sundry counts and lords she later married, was | held at police headquarters today on a | charge of farse pretenses. The charge was made in connection with a check | for $2,317.75 on a local bank about a | year ago. Hopkins was brought Charlotte, N. C. by Detective Sergt. Van D. Hughes. He is the son of | Sherburne G. Hopkins, well known | local attorney. An official at the bank said today the money was obtained by a man Tepresenting himself as Ben B. Ward, who claimed to be an agent for the | Railroad Owners' Association. The man presented a check on that organization | and asked that it be exchanged for a | cashier’s check made out to the Amer- jcan Express Co., it was said. He then took the cashier's check to the express office and received traveler's checks for it. The purported Railroad Owners' | Association check later disappeared, and | never has been found. | Sherburne G. Hopkins, who is secre- tary of the Executive Committee of the Railroad Owners' Association, said to- day he had conducted a personal in- | vestigation of the Incident, but it re- mained a mystery to him. 'He said his son had been living in Texas recently. Post Office Department records show 8. Philbrick Hopkins was arrested in | an oil fraud case where the mails were | used, pleaded guilty at Houston, Tex. | in 1924, and was sentenced to serve | a year and a day in prison. WANTED BY P Former Capital Jeweler Returning here from OLICE HERE‘i to Face Arson Charge. | DETROIT, March 9 (#)—Edward | Frank, alias’ Ezra Raavan, under in- | dictment on_a charge of arson in Washington, D. C,, left here today for Washington in charge of John H. Grogan, United States marshal. and Sheriff Henry Behrendt of Wayne Crunty. Frank had been sought for | nearly a year after a fire in his jewelry | establishment in the Capital. He was | arrested here several weeks ago by | Isadore Binder, a Government agent, while operating a jewelry store in this city. | GOTHAM CEMETERY IS HUB | Population of 6,930,446 Found to | Center in Queens Burial Site. ‘ NEW YORK, March 9 (#).— The| center of population for New York | City, says the Regional Plan Associa- tion, Inc, is a Queens cemetery. 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Meslo, arrested on & technical charge of idleness, was questioned secretly throughout Monday night and Tues- day. Officials refused to discuss what they had learned. A second man, whose name was not disclosed, was examined for an hour in the office of State's Attorney Samuel E. Hoyt and then was released. He was said to have given little informa- tion of importance. Meslo was_held after a Cdichester woman told State police she overheard a conversation 10 months ago between | Meslo and two men in which the Lind- bergh child was mentioned. Conversation In Restaurant. ‘The woman, Mrs. Victoria Burba, and her daughter Josephine were ques- tioned for two hours late yesterday in Hoyt's office. Meslo was present dur- ing their examination, after which he was taken back to the county jail be- cause he was unable to furnish bond. Mrs. Burba said the conversation took place in a restaurant she con- ducted here. A suggestion was made, she said, that one of the men get a job at the | Hopewell, N. J. estate of the Lind- berghs, then under construction, or if this proved impossible, to find work in the vicinity. Police reported Meslo refused to tell New Jersey. Arraigned in City Court, | his case was continued until tomorro to allow sufficient time for investiga tion Meslo’s actions the night of the kid- naping were accounted for satisfac- torily, officers said. Meanwhile, State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn and County Detective Edward J. Hickey continued their investigation at Hartford into the story of Henry (Red) Johnson, taken into custody there Friday night and transferred the next night to Newark. Testimony Checked. ‘Three New Jersey detectives were in Hartford to confer with the officials about testimony of Jahanssen Junge of Englewood, N. 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Prank Fahy, deputy for Galway and a follower of De Valera, was elected speaker of the Dail Immediately after Mr. De Valera had | been elected, the House adjourned until 6 p.m. while he went to receive formal appointment at the hands of Gov. Gen. McNetll . |YOUNG MEN HERE PRAY FOR SAFETY OF CHILD | Glenn Wagner, Former Grid Star, Leads Devotion for Return of Lindberghs’' Baby. | | Led by Glenn Wagner, former star foot ball tackle of the University of Illinois and a teammate of Red Grange, a group of young men residing at the | Young Men's Christian Association | bowed their heads in prayer last night | for the safe return of the Lindbergh PATRICIA ANNE WILLIAMS. | baby. The group, composed of students and Patricia Anne, 8-month-old daughter pusiness and professional men, met for of Mrs. Mary C. Willlams of 532 Ninth | the friendly Bible hour, a weekly forum street northeast, was declared winner | for giscussion of biblical topics. A pre- of the baby popularity contest for in-| liminary devotional period developed fants between 6 months and 1 year old | into an unscheduled round of individual held at the United Food Stores EXposi- prayers for the kidnaped child. tion in the Washington Auditorium yes- |~ Louis B. Nichols, associate religious terday afternoon. | work director of the Y. M. C. A, pre- A twins contest for patrons over 16| sided at the forum. years old featured the program at the ehow last night. Winners in this event | o were Carl and Norman Andress, 16, of | HOrse-growing organizations in Ar- 502 E street northeast, who were con- |£¢ntina are urging a retum to the use idered most alike, and Hal and Leon | Of horses. Miller, 25, of 128 Rhode Island avenue, deemed least alike. The program at the show today will be marked by another baby contest, this time for infants between 1 year and 18 months old, and a contest for tallest and heaviest patrons at the show will take place tonight, with valuable prizes | going to winners. The baby contest will continue throughout the show, climax- ing Saturday with a final contest at which the most popular baby of the | show will be selected. | Tomorrow babies from 18 months to 2 years old will be eligible, while Pri- day is for infants 2 to 3 years old. Sat- urday a twins contest for babies will precede the finals The second of three electric refrigera- tors being given away at the exposition Make Your was awarded last night. Remaining p 1 S .t prizes include a 1932 automobile, two | g radios, silverware, dinnerware and large | quantities of foodstuffs. | to Order, Now George Reid, the “one-man minstrel show,” a popular character on local | radio. appeared in person on the enter- tainment program last night. 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